Thursday, May 8, 2025

First Trade Deal?, College Library Protests & New Netflix Design

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Read more about the stories in today's show:

Trump Expected to Announce First Trade Deal: Politico, BBC, NPR, WSJ
Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady: WSJ, NY Times, CNN, NBC News

Police Break Up Columbia University Protests: AP, Fox News, Axios, NY Times, Reuters

Judge Blocks Deportation Flights to Libya: WaPo, WSJ, Reuters, AP

Russian-Declared Ceasefire Begins: CNN, The Guardian, BBC, ABC News
Trump Declares Today as Victory Day: White House, The Hill, AP, WaPo, Newsweek

Day 1 of Conclave Ends With Black Smoke: NPR, AP, Fox News, Axios

Trump’s New Surgeon General Pick: Truth Social, NY Times, CBS News, WSJ, CNBC
Kennedy Launches Autism Data Project: NIH, Reuters, CNN, The Hill, The Guardian

Historic Fentanyl Bust: DOJ, Fox News, CBS News, Reuters, NewsNation
FBI’s Child Sex Abuse Crackdown: FBI, NewsNation, NY Post, LA Times, Fox News

Victim Speaks to Killer Through AI: NBC News, NPR, NY Post, BBC

Apple to Offer AI Search in Safari: Bloomberg, Reuters, USA Today
Netflix’s AI Makeover: Netflix, TechCrunch, NY Times, ABC News

Thing To Know Thursday: Possible Record Seaweed Year: USA Today, NewsNation, WTVT